2 boys drown in Yamuna at Burari

Two teenage boys drowned in the Yamuna river at Burari today, police said, adding that they had gone for a morning walk with two of their friends when they decided to go for a bath in the river.
The victims have been identified as Himanshu Singh (13) and Manhit Kumar (14), police said, adding that while one of them was drowning, the other one tried to save him but also got drowned. The bodies were recovered by the swimmers of the Boat Club after about half-an-hour.
The victims were residents of Pradhan Enclave in Burari. They had gone for a morning walk with their friends, Saurabh and Shubham.

Around 7 am, the victims decided to take a bath in the river. Suddenly, Singh started drowning. Kumar went to rescue him, but since he did not know how to swim, he too drowned.
Their friends raised an alarm. The locals informed the police and subsequently, the rescue operations were launched but the duo had drowned by then.
Both the victims were students of Class IX in a government school.